Driver fined after being caught reading a novel on his Kindle behind the wheel of car – Mirror.co.uk

A man has been fined after traffic police spotted him driving but not watching the road – because he was reading his Kindle.

And police in the area have revealed that he’s not the first to drive so carelessly.

The unnamed motorist came to police attention when he was driving on Highway 149 in Eagan, Minnesota.

He was pulled over and asked what he was looking at when he wasn’t watching the road, according to Fox 9 .

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The dashcam footage from the officer’s car showed the policeman asking the driver what he was looking at.

Behind the wheel: The unnamed driver was pulled over when an officer spotted him not looking at the road

“I was reading,” the driver replied.

“What were you reading?” the officer asked.

“A James Patterson book," he responded, naming the American thriller writer.

Officer Aaron Machtemes, spokesperson for Eagan Police , said: "The nicest guy, obviously not the smartest thing to do while driving. Very dangerous. But he kind of got it, knew he made a mistake and the officer went back and ended up giving him a citation."

Machtemes added that phones are a common reason for similar offences, adding "they look down for two seconds, that’s when the person ahead of them hits the brakes and there’s an accident”.

In terms of other road offences, he added that: "Just recently, as of today, I heard of a lady with big curls in her hair and as she’s driving she’s taking her curls out with her knees up on the wheel.”